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DONALD SHELDON REPACI
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordDonald Sheldon Repaci, of Greenwich, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 29
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenwich, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 29
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- RONALD EDGAR PLAYFORDLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE J SANDFER JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SILVERIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 23
- DAVID STANLEY HARRISSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 26
- ROBERT THOMAS MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 27
- JOHNNY YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 31
From Greenwich
- JONATHAN P WORKSFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1966
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- ERIC P MULLERSergeant · September 7, 1967
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · April 23, 1968
- JOSEPH M LOUGHRAN JRMajor · May 2, 1968
- PETER LEADBETTER TRIPPFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- PETER ELMER SIPPLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.